HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 101 AM EST SAT DEC 26 2009
Expiration: 615 AM EST SAT DEC 26 2009

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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
1257 AM EST SAT DEC 26 2009
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1257 AM EST SAT DEC 26 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST LOWER
MICHIGAN.
.DAY ONE...TONIGHT
TEMPERATURES WILL ABRUPTLY FALL BELOW FREEZING TONIGHT AND ANY SLUSH
OR STANDING WATER FROM FRIDAYS RAIN AND ABOVE FREEZING TEMPERATURES
WILL QUICKLY REFREEZE.  IN ADDITION A PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN WILL
CHANGE OVER TO SNOW.  ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO A TENTH OF AN INCH
WILL ADD TO THE ICY CONDITIONS.  UNTREATED ROADS AND SIDEWALKS WILL
ONCE AGAIN BECOME ICY AND HAZARDOUS. ANY REMAINING RAIN WILL CHANGE
TO SNOW SHOWERS OR FLURRIES TONIGHT...WITH A LIGHT DUSTING OF
ACCUMULATION POSSIBLE BY DAYBREAK.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY
SNOW IS EXPECTED TO PERSIST INTO SATURDAY.  SNOWFALL AMOUNTS THROUGH
SATURDAY MORNING OF UP TO AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE.  UNTREATED SURFACES
WILL STILL BE ICY THROUGH THE MORNING.
SNOW SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY WITH SOME
ACCUMULATIONS POSSIBLE.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.
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WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY
Issue Date: 1254 AM EST SAT DEC 26 2009
Expiration: 1100 AM EST SAT DEC 26 2009

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM EST THIS
MORNING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND RAPIDS HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 11 AM EST THIS MORNING.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
* LIGHT FREEZING RAIN WILL CHANGE TO LIGHT SNOW OVERNIGHT
* ADDITIONAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS UP TO A TENTH OF AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE.
* STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL THROUGH THE MORNING OF UP TO AN INCH ARE EXPECTED.
* FALLING TEMPERATURES WILL FREEZE ANY WATER ON THE ROADWAYS.
IMPACTS...
* ICY ROADS OVERNIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
* A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...
SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE
PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND
USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.
$$
MJS